Just an honorable memorial mention of someone who died 45 years ago today (we had no such "Celebrity Deaths 1968" thread on this board then); the board didn't exist then, nor did most of us:

Martin Luther King, Jr. died 45 years ago today by an assassin's bullet

angeldeb82Re: Celebrity Deaths 2013Thu Apr 04, 2013 2:18 pm

Mon Sep 26, 2005 6:42 am3159East Hartford, CT

zzyzx 2 wrote:

Legendary film critic Roger Ebert has died, The Chicago Sun-Times reports. The 70-year-old recently took a leave of absence from his position at the Chicago Sun-Times due to complications related to his ensuing battle with cancer.

Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, an outspoken woman known to many as "The Iron Lady," has died at 87 after suffering a stroke.

"It is with great sadness that Mark and Carol Thatcher announced that their mother Baroness Thatcher died peacefully following a stroke this morning,” Thatcher spokesperson Lord Bell said in a statement.

Thatcher led Britain's Conservatives to three election victories from 1979 to 1990, the longest continuous period in office by a British prime minister since the early 19th century. Alongside former U.S. President Ronald Reagan, Thatcher battled against communism and saw the Berlin Wall get torn down in 1989.

On Monday, British Prime Minister David Cameron cut short his trip to several European countries after the announcement of Thatcher's death.

Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, an outspoken woman known to many as "The Iron Lady," has died at 87 after suffering a stroke.

"It is with great sadness that Mark and Carol Thatcher announced that their mother Baroness Thatcher died peacefully following a stroke this morning,” Thatcher spokesperson Lord Bell said in a statement.

Thatcher led Britain's Conservatives to three election victories from 1979 to 1990, the longest continuous period in office by a British prime minister since the early 19th century. Alongside former U.S. President Ronald Reagan, Thatcher battled against communism and saw the Berlin Wall get torn down in 1989.

On Monday, British Prime Minister David Cameron cut short his trip to several European countries after the announcement of Thatcher's death.